Botswana: Government targets power exports by 2020


Issue 326 - 24 Jun 2016 | 5 minute read

Speaking at the Botswana Resource Sector Conference in Gaborone on 14 June, Botswanan officials outlined plans to expand electricity supply, while minerals, energy and water resources minister Kitso Mokaila declared that the country planned to become a power exporter by 2020. Details of the plans remain unclear, but the government does appear to have finally achieved some momentum. This was demonstrated by the announcement that a second 300MW coal independent power producer (IPP) project had been provisionally awarded at the Morupule B complex.

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